The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-07
DISCORD AMONG CATHOLICS
German Church Members Feel They
Don't tReceiye Proper Consideration.
the Irish Catholics Also Displeases Them
Purposes of the Chicago Convention.


Catholic papers of this country, incident upon
the papal jubilee. Every German Catholic
paper in the United States published what is
called Jubilee sheet" for the benefit of the
Leo Emigration Homo. institution in New
York city, near Castle Garden. This is a homo
for German Catholic immigrants, into which
they are received upon their arrival in New
York. The Irish Catholics have q similar home.
A special collection has also just been made
throughout the United States in every German
parish, and the German Catholic editors of this
country have united to publish tae jubilee issue.
There about thirty German Catholic week
lies in this country. and the jubilee sheets OF
each of these are to be bound in one volume. to
be called the jubilee album. So far, two thou
sand orders havo been received from German
Catholics for this album at So volume, and the
proceeds will go to the benefit of the Leo Home.
The "Glocks." the German Catholic organ Of
this city, appeared yesterday, q handsome
Jubilee sheet On its first page, on
the first page of each of the thirty Ger
Catholic weekies of the United
States appeared an ode in honor OF Leo XIII
In Laudem Leonis XIII Pape Carmen Seculare
and the life of the present Pontiff. The Glocke
also contains the pictures of Bishop Chatard and
his two vicars-general. Father Bessonies and
Fat her Scheideler.
There is no little stir among German Catho-
lies concerning the German Catholic convention
TO be held in Chicago the 9th of September.
About four months ago a number OF German
Catholic priests of high standing in the different
dioceses of the country found necessary to send
petition to Rome calling attention to several
matters that partook of the nature of grievances
These grievances understood to grow out OF
the fact that they consider the Ger man Catho-
lies to be unfairly treated in great many par
ishes and in others that their intere SITS
tirely neglected. German emigrants. on arrival
in this country, unab bic to speak the English Ian
guage, By reason of having priests unable to
speak with them in their native tongue and un-
able to attend to their spiritual wants. lose their
faith and become either infdels fall into some
other than. the true Catholic faith. This they
hold to be due to the fact that while there are
States. they are shorn OF the repre-
sentation they should have in the PRIEST
hood There is. for instance. but
States. Archbishop Heiss, of Milwaukee, and OF
the sixty bishops seats but twelve of them are
occupied by Germans. These twelve are at
Alton, Covington, Detroit, Ft. Wayne Green
Bay Lacrosse Leavenworth. Marquette,
Newark and Dakota. Besides this. the valuable
work of German missionary priests should be
taken into account, the Franclscans, Bene-
dictincs, Redemptorsts. Capuchins, tho German
province of Jesuit fathers and the apostolic
missionary Father Francis Xavier Weninger.
The gentleman Of whom the foregoing facts
obtained describes the intent of the
proposed movement at Chicago. 1t is
because many bishops and archoishops
have paid no attention to these grievances that
these matters are to come up at Chicago. Tbs
Germans desire German speaking priests over
them, and not Irish or those Who onlytspeak En-
glsh. German Catholic priests and 10. -nalists
will meet at this German Catholic Central Union
in Chicago for the purpose of forming compact
and permanent organization wholly IN the inter
est of German Catholic welfare.
The northern part Of Indiana IS q diocese pre-
sided over by German, Bishop Dweneer. OF
Fort Wayne. The diocese OF Vincennes COM
prises Indiana south of the counties of Fount-
ain. Montgomery, Boone Hamilton. Madison,
Delaware Randolph and Warren. the bishop
being 2t. Rev. Francis Slas Chatard, an Ameri-
can by birth. This diocese contains sixty four
regular German congregations. and about twen-
ty-three mixed congregations, all attended by
German priests. In the diocese there are at
present about one hundred German priests and
thirty fve priests of so-called English speaking
congregations and two French; SO that in this
diocese there is little complaint on the score or
non German priests being placed over German
speaking congregations.
From another Catholic gentleman it was
learned that all is not peaceful in this diocese Of
Vineennes, between the German Catholics ana
their English speaking religionsts, though all
agree that Bishop Chatard is not to blame for
any lack of cordiality that may exist. The pub
lie reception of the Bishop at Masonic Hall upon
his return from Rome was commented upon be-
cause or the absence OF the entlF0 membership
of the German Catholic churches of this city.
But German priest took part in the welcome.
that being Father III. Alerding, whose congre-
cation is English speaking one
Father Scheideler's absence is ac-
counted for By the fact that
he had gone TO Buffalo, n. Y. to attend the
funeral of brother, but the absence Of the
other German priests of this city and their
gregations is not to be accounted for in that way
1t is charged that those having the ceremonies
in charge failed to send invitations to the Ger
man congregations and societies who would 9TH
erwiss have attended and welcomed their be-
loved bishop and they charge that there is dis
position among the Engish-speaking Catholics
TO ignore their German brethren The organiza-
tion of Catholic temperance societies is also said
to gall the Germans and the Chatard Club.
which holds sobriety (which is considered
another name for teetotalisml does not contain
any Germans in its membership. and is offen-
sive to that nationality. The Germans have
great confidence and love for Bishop Chatard,
and respect for his ability, and it is hoped on all
hands that the Bishop will be able Co smooth the
troubled waters and bring that peace aud calm
desirable in church affairs.
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